Mayapa

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Mayapa
Urbanized Barangay
Barangay ng Mayapa, Lungsod ng Calamba
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Mayapa
Map of Calamba showing the location of the barangays
Coordinates: 14°12′37″N121°7′22″E / 14.21028°N 121.12278°E / 14.21028; 121.12278
Country Philippines
Philippines Laguna
region Calabarzon (Region  IV-A)
City Calamba
Government
 • ChairmanVictoria "Ate Vicky" Torres-Sumbillo
Area
 • Land1.163 km2 (0.449 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total28,302
Spoken languages Tagalog (usually mixed with) Visayans

Mayapa is an urban barangay, located to the east of Sirang Lupa and southeast of Canlubang in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. [1] It is next to the Mayapa-Canlubang exit (Exit 47) of the South Luzon Expressway. As of the 2020 census, Mayapa had a population of 28,302. [2]

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Camp Vicente Lim

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Camp Vicente P. Lim, Mayapa, Calamba, Laguna

Camp Vicente Lim is Located along National Highway Mayapa Road, and also the Headquarters of PRO CALABARZON Headquarters (Region IV-A), it's also known as Calamba Airstrip or Calamba Airfield since 1922. There are primary and secondary school building inside the camp. Camp Vicente Lim Elementary School also known as Post Elementary School, and Camp Vicente Lim National High School. There's also residential area known as Campo by the locals or Bargy., Camp Vicente Lim. The means of transportation inside the Camp premises or inside Brgy., Camp Vicente Lim is by pedicab. The Regional Headquarters also the main Headquarters of Bureau of Fire also inside the Camp Vicente Lim. The National Forensic Training Institute, Bureau of Jail Management Penology, Police National Training Institute also found inside Camp Vicente Lim. There is one multi-purpose gymnasium inside the camp. Wearing sando, shorts and slippers while entering the camp is prohibited. Brgy., Camp Vicente Lim is divided into six zone, purok 1, purok 2, purok 3, purok 4, purok 5 and purok 6. Some of the landmark near Camp Vicente Lim is the Iglesia Ni Cristo house of Worship, Imall grocery and Department store. Brgy., Campo has its own covered basketball court located at purok 4 and the Veterans Hall found in purok 1.


During the Marcos dictatorship, Camp Vicente Lim was designated as one of the four provincial camps to become a Regional Command for Detainees (RECAD). It was designated RECAD I and it housed thousands of detainees from the Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions. [3]

UP College of Forestry instructor Crisostomo Vilar, who would later become vice mayor of Pagsanjan; and Bohol Chronicle columnist Merlita Lorena Tariman [3] were detained there, [4] as was Feminist activist Lorena Barros later transferred to Ipil Reception Center. [5] Activists Bal Pinguel, [6] Manuel Bautista, [7] Nick Perez, [8] and Armando Mendoza [9] were tortured and detained there until they famously escaped with nine others in 1980 - the first documented successful escape from a Marcos prison. However, many of them were later recaptured or killed. [6] Some victims, like UPLB Student activist Bayani Lontok, were killed elsewhere and then buried in an unknown grave within the camp. [10]

Geography

Neighboring Barangays: [1]

Elected Government Officials

Elected Mayapa Officers for the term of 2013 - 2016 [1]
  1. Barangay Kagawad <:> Fabros, Alex Franco
  2. Barangay Kagawad <:> Perez, Lorenzo Jr. Elviña
  3. Barangay Kagawad <:> Bautista, Juan Carlo Rigonan
  4. Barangay Kagawad <:> Magampon, Jaime Villa
  5. Barangay Kagawad <:> Jordan, Jerusalem Aquino
  6. Barangay Kagawad <:> Hernandez, Rico Laurel
  7. Barangay Kagawad <:> Balog, Hiedi Cortez
Elected Mayapa Officers for the term of 2010 - 2013 [1]
  1. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Barangay Captain, Zenaida T. Magnaye
  2. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 1, Bernardo P. Cadapan
  3. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 2, Raymond M. Perez
  4. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 3, Jaime V. Magampon
  5. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 4, Alex F. Fabros
  6. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 5, Santos L. Atienza
  7. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 6, Eddie DC. Aala
  8. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, Kagawad 7, Hiedi T. Cortez
  9. Laguna, City Of Calamba, Mayapa, SK Chairman, Paolo M. Miranda

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Brgy. Mayapa". City Government of Calamba. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "City of Calamba - Code:043405000". Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 Tariman, Merlita Lorena (2017-09-28). "Martial law detainee recalls nightmares" . Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  4. ↑ "Teaching of martial law period in PH history". The Philippine Daily Inquirer . 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  5. ↑ "MARTYRS & HEROES: Lorena Barros". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  6. 1 2 "MARTYRS & HEROES: Bal Pinguel". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  7. ↑ "MARTYRS & HEROES: Manuel Bautista". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  8. ↑ "MARTYRS & HEROES: Nick Perez". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  9. ↑ "MARTYRS & HEROES: Armando Mendoza". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
  10. ↑ "MARTYRS & HEROES: Bayani Lontok". Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2023-06-12. Retrieved 2023-12-19.


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